When leaders learn and when they don't [[electronic resource] ] : Mikhail Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung at the end of the Cold War / / Akan Malici

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781815503321
• Autore: Malici Akan <1974->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-7914-7903-X; 1-4356-3300-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in global politics
• Disciplina: 947.085/4092
• Soggetti: Political leadership - Soviet Union - History; Heads of state - Soviet Union; Political leadership - Korea (North) - History; Heads of state - Korea (North); Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991; Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991; Korea (North) Foreign relations; Korea (North) Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-188) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The argument -- Political leadership and the puzzle of foreign policy change and continuity -- Mikhail Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung -- The decision-making approach -- Beliefs and strategic interaction -- Outline of the book -- A theory of foreign policy decisions -- The theory of moves (TOM) -- Preferences need inferences -- Making beliefs and learning patterns visible -- The theory of inferences about preferences (TIP) -- The subjective games of Gorbachev's predecessors (1980-1985) -- The cases -- Gorbachev: uncommitted thinker and motivated learner -- The early Gorbachev era (1985-1986) -- The second year of the Gorbachev era (February 1986-January 1987) -- Gorbachev: committed teacher and reformer -- Gorbachev induces U.S. cooperation (1987-1988) -- Gorbachev transforms great power politics (1989-1991) -- Kim Il Sung: revolutionary cold warrior -- Deadlock in the Cold War (1980-1983) -- The deadlock continues (1984-1986) -- Kim Il Sung: touched by the winds of change? -- The catalytic period ; (1987-1990) -- The post-Cold War period (1991-1994) -- The implications -- Lessons from the past and applications to the future -- Main findings -- Theoretical significance -- The continued relevance of Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung.